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 There was no specific record-keeping style for church records. Early records were usually written in paragraph form. As record keeping improved, columns were often used in the entries. However, some places (especially Catholic parishes) used the paragraph format for a long time.
-=== Walloon Church ===
-Since the doctrines and teachings of the French Reformed Church and the Dutch Reformed Church were so similar, it was not uncommon for French Protestants to have their children christened in either of these two churches. You can also find the French churches under the heading "Walloon Church", the services were mostly spoken in French.
-Effective research in church records requires some understanding of your ancestor’s religion and of the events that led to the creation of church records.
 === Roman Catholic  ===